More free space on drive c is needed

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I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space on drive c
(system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the amount available.

Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning? I have some free space on other drives and I am thinking
about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free
space on drive c (system) during operation. Sometimes it
exceeds the amount available.

Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space
without repartitioning? I have some free space on other
drives and I am thinking about this feature of mounting
ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
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http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_02.htm
 
thanatoid said:
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free
space on drive c (system) during operation. Sometimes it
exceeds the amount available.

Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space
without repartitioning? I have some free space on other
drives and I am thinking about this feature of mounting
ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
Click to expand...

http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_02.htm[/QUOTE]

Thanks, but I am not interested in theoretical considerations of
partitioning.

I am looking for a specific solution for a specific problem.
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space on drive
c
(system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the amount available.

Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning?
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I see 2 options:
1) Remove some stuff
2) Extend the partition with a third party program.
How else could it be possible?
 
I am thinking about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.


Are you saying that you are using Fat 32 and not NTFS
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space
on drive c (system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the
amount available.
Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning? I have some free space on other drives and I am
thinking about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
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You mean addding another drive and partitioning it but not giving it a
ltter - but a 'directory' on your C drive?

That does not increase your C drive size - no. You will still run out in
the same manner unless the proram in question is modified to store it's
temporary files/working files elsewhere.

My advice to you is to figure out how to change where the application in
question stores its working/temporary files as not to fill up your valuable
C drive space.
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space on
drive c (system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the amount
available.
Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning? I have some free space on other drives and I am
thinking about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
Click to expand...

There is probably a way for you to resize the partition that has XP on
it.

But your use of the word "drive" is confusing since it can mean more
than one thing. How many physical drives do you have? How many
partitions do you currently have on the physical drive that contains C:?
How much Unallocated Space do you have on that drive? Do you keep your
data on a separate partition? (If so, hopefully C: contains your OS and
all your apps.)

Assuming that it is possible to resize your C: partition, one of these
free utilities (yes, it has to be a third-party program) can allow you
to do so:

EASEUS Partition Master 4.1.1 Home Edition
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Partition Manager 2010 Free Edition
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/pm-express/download.html
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space on drive c
(system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the amount available.

Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning? I have some free space on other drives and I am thinking
about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
Click to expand...

What program?

Many programs are configurable to use other drives besides the C drive
for work/storage/temporary files.
 
I see 2 options:
1) Remove some stuff
2) Extend the partition with a third party program.
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That's what I thought about to begin with.

But, then I came across this feature, which I do not quite understand.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938934.aspx
Are you saying that you are using Fat 32 and not NTFS
No.

My advice to you is to figure out how to change where the application in
question stores its working/temporary files as not to fill up your
valuable C drive space.
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The problem is the program (FineReader) does not seem to provide a setting
for this in options.
But your use of the word "drive" is confusing since it can mean more than
one thing. How many physical drives do you have? How many partitions do
you currently have on the physical drive that contains C:? How much
Unallocated Space do you have on that drive? Do you keep your data on a
separate partition? (If so, hopefully C: contains your OS and all your
apps.)

Assuming that it is possible to resize your C: partition, one of these
free utilities (yes, it has to be a third-party program) can allow you to
do so:
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I have one physical drive with several partitions and 0 unallocated space.
And I do not feel like resizing partitions at all.
 
The problem is the program (FineReader) does not seem to provide a
setting for this in options.
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Contacted them?
http://www.abbyy.com/support/

Dropping an email/making a call to see if you are just missing a setting
certainly would be easier than using a third party product to resize
partitions. Safer too.
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space on drive c
(system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the amount available.

Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning? I have some free space on other drives and I am thinking
about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
Click to expand...

If you have directories containing files which you rarely access, you
could compress the directories.
 
I have one physical drive with several partitions and 0 unallocated
space. And I do not feel like resizing partitions at all.
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How large is the C: partition and how much free space does it have? Does
it have any appreciable amount of data files on it (which would free up
much-needed space)?

Are you able to archive old data files to another medium? Depending upon
your current partitioning scheme, resizing C: might be the easiest and
wisest thing to do.
 
Daave said:
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How large is the C: partition and how much free space does it have? Does
...
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Thanks for your input. But all I wanted from the members of this forum is a
clarification of one feature which has to do with mounting ntfs volumes. I
posted a link for a description of this feature a couple of times already.
 
I have a program that requires a substantial amount of free space
on drive c (system) during operation. Sometimes it exceeds the
amount available.
Is there a way to increase the amount of drive c free space without
repartitioning? I have some free space on other drives and I am
thinking about this feature of mounting ntfs volumes.

How exactly is this done?
Click to expand...

The problem is the program (FineReader) does not seem to provide a
setting for this in options.
Click to expand...
<snipped>

Shenan said:
http://www.abbyy.com/support/

Dropping an email/making a call to see if you are just missing a
setting certainly would be easier than using a third party product
to resize partitions. Safer too.
Click to expand...

The reason I asked this question here is that I read about this
feature:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc938934.aspx

and thought it might be applicable. If it is not applicable than
this is it.
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And I already pointed out in my first response that does nothing for you.
It does not add space to your letter-labeled drive, it just mounts a
partition to a directory name instead of a drive letter. In other words...
Let's say you had two partitions (40GB each) and the first partition is
"C:\" and the second is mounted to "C:\second\". If you get the
"properties" of the "C:\" drive - it will be 40GB in size. So unless you
redirect the application to do its work in the "C:\second\" folder - you
gain nothing.

As for your reason - I understood it - but I believe your problem is better
resolved through the manufacturer/support of the actual product and the
configuration. ;-)
 
And I already pointed out in my first response that does nothing for you.
It does not add space to your letter-labeled drive, it just mounts a
partition to a directory name instead of a drive letter. In other
words... Let's say you had two partitions (40GB each) and the first
partition is "C:\" and the second is mounted to "C:\second\". If you get
the "properties" of the "C:\" drive - it will be 40GB in size. So unless
you redirect the application to do its work in the "C:\second\" folder -
you gain nothing.
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Well, thanks.
 
Thanks for your input. But all I wanted from the members of this
forum is a clarification of one feature which has to do with mounting
ntfs volumes. I posted a link for a description of this feature a
couple of times already.
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I misunderstood. Hopefully Shenan's explanation will suffice.

(I was thinking you were also looking for a way to get "More free space
on drive c.")
 
I misunderstood. Hopefully Shenan's explanation will suffice.

Yes.

(I was thinking you were also looking for a way to get "More free space on
drive c.")
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That was the objective, but I was interested in considering only one
particular method.
 
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